// From N's mouth.
Crying:
Marc does not cry often. It's not that he's afraid to cry, or due to any sort of suppressed male emotion, because he thinks it's not okay for men to cry. If he is brought to the point of tears, he will cry. Though he would prefer it if this happened privately.
Marc doesn't cry often because it takes a lot to bring him to tears. He has seen a lot of bad things. A lot of tragedy. As a cop, he had gotten used to showing up on the worst day of people's lives. It changes a person, and Marc is exceptionally good at compartmentalizing. Something would have to affect him deeply and personally for him to cry.
Heartbreak:
Not something he has had to contend with since his high school sweetheart dumped him a week before prom so that Chris Sanderson could take her instead. That was a rough time, but the sting has long since faded.
His casual attitude towards relationships has not left much room for heartbreak of the romantic sort.
The fact that his beloved Detroit Lions have never made the Super Bowl, however? Truly devastating.
Secret they won't talk about:
Some things happened in Afghanistan that Marc will simply never be able to put into words. He couldn't burden another person with the reality of the things that he experienced, and anyone who wasn't there would never really understand it. He lives with it because there is no other choice. He will never speak of it in detail, not even to Nix.
Sex:
Marc enjoys sex. However, it has been a very long time since sex was anything more to him than a necessary physical release. Relationships have been few. And always casual. Little more than friends with benefits for a period of time.
Marc believes in mutual pleasure and leaving his partners satisfied, but it has been so long since he had a deep and meaningful connection. He truly doesn't know how good sex can be when it's with someone extra special.
Anger:
Marc knows how to keep his emotions in check. Suspects try to provoke him at all times when he is on the job. Marc knows how to keep himself squared away.
The only time his anger is going to show is when it's personal. His only real raw nerve is his father. Fortunately, it rarely comes up, since he hasn't seen the man in 25 years.
Addiction and coping mechanism:
His work. Marc has thrown himself completely into his job. There is no work/life balance. The army brought order into a chaotic life, and Marc clung to that order, the way everything just made sense. It made things simple, easy. Becoming a cop was a natural next step. A strict set of rules to follow, a certain way to be... without it, he would be lost.
Marriage:
He is not against it, but has never really given it much thought. If he met the right person, marriage would probably feel like a natural next step to him.
Soothing:
Not one to rely on others, Marc turns to work when he needs soothing. He has made good friends on the force. Those he is closest to are the closest thing that he has to family. Being around them is good, and the job serves as a more than adequate distraction from most things that bother him to any serious degree.
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